Africa Report - No. 2 September 2005

FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2 - September 2005 p.6

Table 2. Cereal import and food aid requirements in 2005/06 for sub-Saharan Africa: countries which have entered the 2005/06 marketing year (in '000 tonnes)

Subregion/ Country	Marketing year	2005 Cereal production 1/		2005/06
Subregion/ Country	Marketing year	Total	As % of average of previous 5 years	Cereal import requirements 2/	Anticipated commercial imports	Food aid requirements
Eastern Africa		4 982	110	970	890	80
Somalia	Aug./July	223	72	450	395	55
Tanzania, U.R.	June/May	4 759	113	520	495	25
Southern Africa		23 776	112	6 928	5 776	1 152
Angola	April/March	871	143	765	685	80
Botswana	April/March	19	100	337	337	-
Lesotho	April/March	119	84	303	223	80
Madagascar	April/March	2 492	123	174	139	35
Malawi	April/March	1 342	67	852	380	472
Mozambique	April/March	1 863	110	869	824	45
Namibia	May/April	108	98	145	143	2
South Africa	May/April	15 084	125	2 031	2 031	-
Swaziland	May/April	83	95	111	70	41
Zambia	May/April	987	85	271	224	47
Zimbabwe	April/March	808	57	1 070	720	350
TOTAL		28 758	111	7 898	6 666	1 232

1/ Including rice in milled equivalent.

2/ Excluding re-exports.

FAO/GIEWS - September 2005